Improvement in tickets



UNITED STATES PATENT GEEIOE.

JOSEPH E. LEAvITT AND HENRY T. OLARK, OE BANGOR, MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT IN TICKETS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. l 77,407, dated Mayl, 1876; application filed April 23, 1875. l

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JOSEPH FREDERIC LEAVITT and HENRY THURsToN CLARK, both of Bangor, in the county of Penobscot and State ot` Maine, have invented certain new and l useful Improvements in Device for Checking Excess Baggage, Snc.; and we do hereby declare that-the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereofkthat will enable others skilled in the art to Which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had a basis of settlement between the roads atv each end, and enables intermediate roads to obtain a record Ot' saine by copying the number and date of the check, the amount of excess-Weight, and the charges thereon. This is, in fact, the principal object ot' our invention: to furnish a means for adjusting accounts between a num ber of companies, more than two,

and for preventing terminal companies from taking advantage of those controlling intermediate lines.

Our invention is also applicable to other y uses, which readily suggest themselves.

Our device consists ot' a ticket or check in three parts, a b c, having consecutive or like numbers or characters to indicate that they belong to the same series. One of these parts, a, has upon it its number or character, as stated, and the destination, together with blanks for the date, weight of excess baggage,y

and amount collected therefor. This is designed to be attached to the baggage by any convenient means, the blanks having been properly filled. Part b has upon it its number or character, as stated, and destination, and is intended for the passenger, being a receipt for the amount paid for excess baggage which amountis specied on the check a. Part c is similar to part a, having its number and destination, and similar blanks to be iilled in like manner. This is to be retained by the baggage-master, to be returned to the railroad desirable to make some variation if the device is used for other purposes.

When a record ot' excess baggage is not required from the dispatching baggage-master, or in cases Where the old system of reports is preferred, our ticket b and check a may be used Without the stub c. In such case the ticket bserves as a receipt for the ainountpaid, which is specified' on the check a or the check a may be used alone, without the ticket or stub, the ordinary baggage-check serving to identify the luggage, and the check a indi-- eating merely the destination, date, extra Weight, and charges for same with startingpoint.

We do not claim the baggage-check shown in the Patent of E. H. Paine, granted November 24,1868', and consisting of' the substitution of a paper check fora metallic check 5 nor do We claim the device shown in T. H. Jebbs Patent of March 25, 1873, which operates in a different Way from our device.

What We claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-v 1. The device for checking excess baggage, consisting ofthe ticket a, check b,and stub c,

substantially as herein described, for the purposes set forth.

2. The check and receipt-ticket, substantially as described, the former being attached to the luggage, and the latter being the passengers receipt for excess baggage-charges, substantially as set fort-h.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing We have hereunto set our hands this 19th day of April, l875.

- JOSEPH F. LEAVITT. HENRY T. CLARK. Witnesses:

WM. FRANKLIN SEAVEY, W. E. BROWN. y 

